Supermodel Anok Yai Reveals Battle With Congenital Defect Affecting Her Lungs

Supermodel Anok Yai has revealed that she has been battling a serious congenital defect, which she says is slowly destroying her lungs.

The runway star made the disclosure in an emotional post shared on her Instagram page writing: “For the past year I’ve been dealing with this silent battle

I incidentally found out I had a Congenital defect overworking my heart and slowly destroying my lungs.

What started as something asymptomatic for the majority of my life turned into a lingering cough, which turned to chest pains, bouts of coughing up blood, then at times struggling to breathe.

I chose to work through this while trying to find the right doctor and the right time. I quickly realized there was never going to be a “right time” – my health would continue to worsen.

Ive always thought I could outwork or outrun anything but the universe has a way of slowing you down and waking you up.

So yesterday I had a successful Robotic Lung Surgery thanks to Dr. Robert Cerfolio and his gracious and talented team who I am forever indebted to for giving me more time.

And I am forever grateful for Dr. Harmik Soukiasian and everyone at the @beverlyhillsconciergehealth for discovering my condition.

Thank you to all the doctors and amazing nurses at @nyulangone

And thank you to my friends and family for being the first thing I saw when I woke up

For now I’m healing … but I’ll be back
See ya ”

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